Every year, DISCOVER digs through reams of newspapers and gigabytes of Web sites to find the 100 most important and interesting science stories of the year. Here is the latest installment, chronicling everything from alien planets (#45) to "yeti" crabs (#86). You can alternatively browse through the stories by subject. Medicine and space are particularly packed, with each field placing 13 stories onto the list.
Also check out the results of our year-in-science poll, in which readers chose Pluto Demoted as the biggest story of the year.
100Saturn Sunburst The Cassini spacecraft captured an extraordinary backlit image of Saturn and its gossamer rings...
99Element 118 Debuts On the Periodic Table Chemists will soon have to make room on the periodic table for a new element discovered in October...
